Nest-site characteristics of the Blue-eared Pheasant in northwest China

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 563-567

  Yi Qun, Wu ^a   Nai Fa, Liu ^b  

^a WEINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blue eared Pheasant; Crossoptilon auritum; Gahai zecha nature reserve; Nest site characteristics; Stepwise discriminate analysis

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GAMEBIRD; NATURE RESERVE; NEST SITE; SHRUB; SITE SELECTION; SLOPE; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CROSSOPTILON AURITUM;

EID: 79751473520     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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